Weather-strip



(No Model.)

N. W. STOVER. WEATHER STRIP. N0. 534,806.- Patented Feb. 26, 1895.

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PATENT OFFICE.

NOAH W. STOVER,

OF LUCAS, IOWA.

WEATHER-STRIP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 534,806, dated. February 26, 1895.

Application filed October 24, 1994.

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, NOAH W. STOVER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Lucas, in the county of Lucas and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Reversible Weather-Strip, of which the following is a The primary object of this invention is to provide improved means to prevent the entrance of rain or snow beneath a door and into a room.

Afurther object of this invention is to provide a reversible and invertible mechanism for use in excluding rain or snow, whereby zerious defects of prior devices may be remeied.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement, and combination of elements, hereinafter set forth, pointed out in myclaims, and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of a threshold embodying my invention, the'dotted lines indicating the position of the door holding the strip against tilting. Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1, the strip beinginverted. Fig.4 is a perspective view of the strip. Fig. 5 is a detail elevation of the door corner showing the metallic reinforcement thereof. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the metallic reinforcing corner for the door. Fig. 7 is asectional elevation ofa modified form of threshold and strip.

In the construction of the device as shown, the numeral 10 designates the door-sill, and 11 the threshold mounted thereon. The threshold 11 is provided with a longitudinal groove 12, having a ledge, or seat, 13 formed therein, on which ledge normally rests, when the door is open, a strip 14. Each end of the strip 14 is provided with a pin, or pivot, 15 adapted for pivotal seating in the threshold 11, the said threshold being provided with grooves to receive said pins. The strip l lis slightly beveled on its top and bottom at the side thereof farthest from the ledge 18, the upper beveled face, in conjunction with the upper face of the outer portion of the threshold forming an inclined plane. A lug 16 is formed on the strip 14 adjacent to one end thereof, which lug has beveled faces and is Serial No. 526,890. (No model.)

adapted for impact with the door 17 when in a given position.

The lower corner of the door 17, farthest from the hinged side thereof, is recessed, or rabbeted, and mounted in the recess thus formed is a reinforcing plate 18, (Figs. 5 and 6) adapted to contact with the lug 16 on the strip 14..

The reinforcing plate is provided with flanges 19, 20, perforated to admit screws 21, whereby said plate is secured to the door.

The parts being in the position shown in Fig. 1 the strip 14 is level both laterally and longitudinally, thus forming a continuous'top for the threshold, and the heel, or rear side, of the door engaging with the strip retains the same against tilting (dotted lines, Fig. 1); but upon closing the door, when said door is nearly closed, the plate 18 contacts with the lug 16 and depresses said lug, thereby oscillating the strip into the position shown in Fig. 2. A vent- 22 is provided leading from the central portion of the groove 12 through the outer portion of the threshold 11, which vent is inclined. The parts being positioned as shown in Fig. 2, rain beating against the outer face of the door will be precipitated into the groove 12, and flow out through the vent 22, being prevented from entrance to the room by the inclined position of the strip 14.

It is obvious that a reverse movement or opening of the door will result in the level repositioning of the strip.

In cold climates it frequently occurs that the strip 14: is retained in a given position by the congealing of the moisture in contact therewith, thus rendering the proper manipulation of the door difficult or impossible. To avoid this contingency I have so constructed my strip and threshold as that said strip may be inverted, turned around and repositioned as shown in Fig. 3, thereby providing for maintaining a uniform, unchanging surface over which the door is to be swung, thus providing against the accidental lodging of the strip in a position to obstruct the operation of the door.

When the strip is inverted and reversed the log 16 rests in the groove 12 and supports the strip against tilting or oscillating in said groove.

In Fig. 7, I have illustrated a modified form of threshold and strip in which the groove 12 extends across the .inner inclined planeot' the threshold and a Wing 23 formed on the inner edge of the strip 14 rests at times in said groove, the operation of this form beingidentical with that of the preferred form except as to the inversion thereof.

What I claim is 1. A threshold having alongitudinal groove, a strip removably and replaceably mounted. for oscillation in said groove, which strip is adapted for reversion or inversion and shaped as to rest in the groove in movably when reversed for rigid positioning, and a lug on said strip adapted for engagement by a door to oscillate said strip when in normal position, as described.

2. A threshold havingalongit udinal groove 12 and ledge 13, a strip located on said ledge and in said groove, pins 15 fixed to and projecting from the ends of said strip, which pins are seated for oscillation in grooves formed in the threshold at the ends of the groove 12, and a lug fixed to and projecting outward from one corner of the said strip and adapted for engagement with the door to oscillate said strip, which lug rests in the groove 12 and supports the strip from tilting when said strip is inverted as set forth.

Signed in the presence of two witnesses.

NOAH W STOVER.

Witnesses:

GEORGE G. REESIDE, GUSTAF A. ANDERSON. 

